RealSports Baseball 2-4-83

This is a mid-level work in progress. There are still several
bugs that need to be worked out, but the main gameplay is there. Interestingly
one of the biggest bugs (that makes the computer player continuously run
into the corner) is actually commented in the final source code.

Another interesting thing about this prototype is that it contains a
different voice which had to taken out of the final version due to
licensing reasons. Supposedly all prototypes that had this voice
were ordered destroyed, but somehow this copy survived.

Prototype Differences

Title screen is much less detailed.

There is no copyright bar under the title.

You cannot select the number of innings

You cannot turn the voice on and off.

The Music is different. It plays much slower and only
plays the first few bars of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".

The Music stops before all the players get on the
screen instead of playing until the first pitch

The voice is different, it's much lower and sounds
much gruffer.

The voice sampling isn't as good. There is
more static and pops.

There is no cheering between innings. The
crowd only cheers when you cross home plate and very briefly when
you get a home run.

There is only one voice sample for Strike and it's
used for all three. The final version has different samples
for Strike One, Strike Two, and Strike Three.

There is only one voice sample for Ball and it's
used for all three. The final version has different samples
for Ball One, Ball Two, and Ball Three.

There is a noticeable space in between the words
in voice sample for "Foul Ball" since it's pieced together
from the samples for "Foul" and "Ball". In
the final version there is no space.

The various pitching styles aren't implemented.

There is a huge bug that causes the computer to
get stuck in a corner after chasing the ball.

Occasionally the music will play at the wrong time
and is messed up.

The game plays much slower.

The game defaults to two advanced computer players
instead of an intermediate human and computer component.

There is no "Charge" tune

The AI isn't very good.

There is no "Press start to begin new game"
message at the bottom of the title screen.